Professor Neil Gemmell, leading a team from the University of Otago in New Zealand that took DNA from the 23-mile lake, told the BBC: "We've tested each one of the main monster hypotheses and three of them we can probably say aren't right and one might be.” 'Nessie', as the mythical beast is often endearingly dubbed, is commonly regarded as being large in shape with a long neck and possessing humps that protrude out of the Loch in the Scottish Highlands. Scholars have found a handful of reports of Nessie since 500AD but the creature had not gained worldwide fame until 1933.
A couple told a paper in Inverness that they had seen “an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface”, prompting Nessie to become an overnight sensation.
Loch Ness became a tourist destination but despite reports of sightings and footprints being found, the scientific community has so far refused to accept its existence.
Reports have been attributed to hoaxes and wishful thinking.
Professor Gemmell’s
